Looks pretty clean, I’d like to have one of these but prefer the front end look of the 77-78 years https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/280020279955442
its been on craigslist for 29 days maybe the "firm price" (95 dollar less on facebook) is still too high... Posted 29 days ago 1979 Buick Skyhawk - $2,995 (Plains) image 19 of 22 1979 Buick Skyhawk condition: good cylinders: 6 cylinders drive: rwd fuel: gas odometer: 26000 title status: clean transmission: automatic 1979 Buick Skyhawk. 26,000 original miles, V6,PB,PS,auto, 2 owner unmolested, basically stock car. Runs and drives ok. Message me and I'll send a link to a video of the car running and driving. Car has been in indoor storage for the past 12 years. Fuel system has been gone over, tank was sealed, new fuel pump. Very solid h-body, drive it the way it is or V-8 it. Clear PA Title. https://scranton.craigslist.org/cto/d/wilkes-barre-1979-buick-skyhawk/7171700439.html
the skyhawk was featured on barnfinds dot com: https://barnfinds.com/back-on-the-road-1979-buick-skyhawk Aug 13, 2020 • Back On The Road: 1979 Buick Skyhawk Russ Dixon In the 1970s, Buick needed a small car and theirs would be a rebadged Chevrolet Monza. That generation ran from 1975-80 and saw about 125,000 copies, less plentiful than the Chevy. This edition from 1979 has just gotten back on the road after being stored indoors for the last 12 years. The seller has gotten it running again and it could stand a thorough cleaning. It can be found in Plains, Pennsylvania (near Wilkes-Barre), and offered here on craigslist for $2,995. Thanks, Mitchell G, for finding this one for us. This generation of Skyhawks were two-door hatchbacks using the rear-wheel-drive H-body platform which was originally started with the Chevrolet Vega. Besides the Monza, the Olds Starfire and Pontiac Sunbird were also the same car under the skin. A Skyhawk distinction is that it was the smallest car to wear the Buick badge in over 60 years. The Skyhawk only had one engine choice, the Buick-designed 231 cubic inch V-6 using a two-barrel carburetor that generated 110 hp. A four-speed manual transmission was standard with a three-speed automatic optional. Variable-ratio power steering was standard as was power brakes, discs in the front, drums in the rear. Having emerged from indoor storage after 12 years, the seller’s car fuel system has been gone through, including sealing the gas tank and installing a new fuel pump. We’re told the cars runs and drives, but there is no descriptor telling us how well. The odometer reflects less than 26,000 miles on this two-owner car, both of whom apparently drove it sparingly. One of the few options apparently was the three-speed automatic. If potential buyers message the seller, he’ll send a link to a video showing the car in motion. A pictorial tour of the car doesn’t show rust as being a problem. The undercarriage doesn’t look appreciably crusty and reflects what looks like a new muffler, but wraparound patches on other parts of the exhaust system. The Skyhawk is wearing the spare tire on the driver’s side, so we assume the one in the hatch is on a wheel that matches the rest. A good cleaning and wax job could bring out a nice shine to the silver paint job. The interior has survived less successfully. Many of the plastic panels no longer match the rest of the interior as they look pinker/purple in color now than red. At least one of the plastic pieces that runs adjacent to the windshield and the door opening is broken and cracked. I owned a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird and the same thing happened to mine. The door panels look good, the headliner unknown. My Sunbird’s headliner got a case of the droops that some thumbtacks were able to fix on a short-term basis. The front seats are really pretty dirty, so a thorough cleaning of the interior is also in order. Skyhawks are still considered used cars by the usual online pricing sources. $2-3,000 seems to be the going rate for these cars. Therefore, the seller isn’t looking to get rich off the sale of this one. With some elbow grease and minor repairs, this might serve as a good second or third car for a few more thousand miles. one of the comments: John Wi Aug 17, 2020 at 4:44pm A friend of mine owns this car, I ran the CL ad for him… and it turns up on Barn Finds. I started reading the description thinking there was another one for sale when it finally registered it was his car, lol. Anyway, this is a two owner 26,000 mile car which is fully documented by the state of Pennsylvania. Owner number one was a little old lady who lived in an apartment building and parked the car outside in the parking lot. Sitting in the sun for over twenty years wasted some of the interior parts, as evident in the pictures. After watching the car for a number of years owner number two asked the lady if she ever sold the car to give him a call. That call came in the very early 2000’s. At that point the car was driven occasionally and then parked. If you want to recreate the candy cane effect on your exhaust the wrap is available from Autozone for 15 bucks. And yes, it is holding the exhaust pipe together. Amazingly, it doesn’t leak. The description above is pretty accurate. No dealer prep here, we didn’t even wash it before taking pictures. If you looked at this car you would not believe how solid it is.
